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Letters Patent No. 66,175, datetZJune 25, 1867.

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Be it known that I, FRANCIS J. SCHELLMANN, of Syracuse, in the countyof Onondaga, inthe State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in the construction of Handles for- Sad-Irons, and

the mode of attaching and'detaehing the holder; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of' this specication, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or top view oi`- a'iiat-iron with my improved handle attached.,

Figure 2 shows a section through a side elevation of the same. i t

Figure 3 shows a broken-odsection of the handle-shank,tted so as to be screwed intoanyat or sad-iron whose handle has been broken off.

The object of my invention is to heat fiat, or what are usually called sad-irons, for use, Without heating the handle, thereby dispensing with a mat or cloth-holder, and alsoshielding the hand and knuckles from the heat radiating from the iron. v l

My invention consists in a metal shank so shaped as to be cast firmly into the iron, or it may be fitted so as to be screwed in after the sad-iron is cast and ground, by drilling and tapping a hole in the top, the metal shank being'turned at a right angle and tapered, so as to slip on a turned wood handle, which is provided with an insulated shield between' it and the sad-iron; and also a spring-catch to hold the handle iirmly in its place while being used.

That othersmay be enabled to make and use my invention. I will describe it more fully, referring to the drawings and the' letters thereon.

'Ihe lowenend of the shank may be enlarged, so as to'f'orm a dove-tail, b when the sad or flat-iron VB is cast on to it, thus securing it Afirmly in the iron, as shown in tig.Y l. A screw-thread, d d, may be made inthe end ofthe shank A, for the purpose of rehandling good-faced {iat-irons or putting them into new castings, as seen in iig. 3;'Ythe shank A being-constructed so as -to form ay right angle, C, the square being sol tapered as to admit the woodhandle D to slipon'and oil` easily, and yet feel iii-ru when on and held by the spring-catch a, which is inserted and secured in the turned wood vhandle D, the end of the spring a extending out a suicient distance to let the catch pass through the opening 0in the top of the shank A, and alsorto be operated by the knob e ou the spring-catch a. `To the end of the wood handle D, to protect the hand and` knuckle from the heat radiated from the iron, I secure a shield, E, which may be-made of burnished brass or other metal, to repel the heat, or made and lined with any nonscondlictiug matei'ia-l.

The advantages of my invention are easily understood and duly appreciated, the parts above described being made to gauges, so that each lhandle will it and fasten, by `the catch, to any of the Shanks, thereby making a universal ilat-iron holder, which is much easier for the hand and no liability of getting burned. by the irons.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y 1. The shank A, as constructed, in combination with thc spring-catch a, to hold the handleD on, and allow it to be easily removed for heating, substantially as and for the purposes herein set fort-h.

2. I claim the turned handle D, spring-catch a, shield E, and shank C, as herein described, in combination with a flat or sad-iron, substantially as set forth.

In' testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this eighth day of March, 1867.

'FRANCIS JOSEPH SCHELLMANN.- [1.. 8.]

Witnesses:

JOHN Danone, GEORGE POTTER. 

